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2010-02-16
2010-02-16
sb's own/home turf
(infml 口 esp US) one's own neighbourhood or territory (自己的)地盘, 领域: on my own turf 在我自己的地盘内
mass 'transit n [U] technical
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2009-12-01
2009-12-01
hit the nail on the head, 别望文生义了,不是碰钉子的意思,是informal ,used to say that what someone has said is exactly right,Say exactly a right thing. Answer to a question in exactly the right way. Be exactly right about something
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2009-12-01
bottom line
今天听到的CNN新闻里面有这么个表达:a boost to merchants' bottom lines 。bottom line,很容易理解为底线。不过它是商务词汇,至少有三个意思。
1.The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.指在讨论过程中,最重要的一件事
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2009-12-01
black Friday 黑色星期五
感恩节是11月26日,是美国和加拿大共同的特有节日了,感恩节过后的星期五被叫做black Friday,这个有点意思。黑色在西方文化的内涵和中国有类似之处,都有不详之感,黑色星期五给人的联想更是不妙,因为按基督教,最后的晚餐就是在周五。还有,black总用来形容美国股市崩盘的日子,就像1869年9月24号星期五,美国黄金市场大跌波及股市,那就是black friday。还比如1929年10月29日的黑色星期二也是black Tuesday,美国股价暴跌,国家从此陷入经济大萧条。
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2009-02-05
SQ3R
SQ3R SQ3R is a five-step reading strategy similar to PQRST and KWL table. The name is an abbreviation of the five steps of the strategy: Survey (or Skim), Question, Read, Recite (or Recall) and Review.
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2009-01-29
Lesson One Thinking as a Hobby (3)
Paragraph 26:
She claimed that the Bible was literally inspired. I countered by saying that the Catholics believed in the literal inspiration of Saint Jerome’s Vulgate and the two books were different. Argument flagged.
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2009-01-29
Lesson One Thinking as a Hobby (2)
Lesson One Thinking as a Hobby (2)
Part Three
Text Analysis
1. What does “hobby” mean?
2. Why does author use this word in the title?
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2009-01-29
Lesson One Text A Thinking as a Hobby
Lesson One Text A Thinking as a Hobby
by William Golding
Part I. Warm-up activity
I. Picture Description
Please describe the following pictures in detail and depict their symbolic meaning in your own words. Comp...